Gender differences in perception of quality of life in adults with and without chronic health conditions: The role of depressive symptoms

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 721-729

  Da Rocha, Neusa S ^a   Schuch, Felipe B ^a   De Almeida Fleck, Marcelo P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

chronic illness; depression; depressive symptoms; females; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84885228395     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105313478644     Document Type: Article

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